Contaminated blood payouts to be reviewed

Share via

The inquiry found more should have been done to screen blood and donors for hepatitis C in the early 1990sPA:Press Association

Jeremy Watson

Last updated at 12:01AM, March 27 2015

Nicola Sturgeon apologises to those who contracted hepatitis C and HIV and pledges to do everything she can to support those affected

Compensation paid to Scottish victims of the blood-contamination scandal is to be reviewed to ensure that those affected have received justice for “one of the greatest healthcare-related tragedies ever witnessed in this country”.

Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister, pledged her “absolute determination” yesterday to do everything she could to support those affected. She issued an unreserved apology to those who contracted hepatitis C and HIV from infected blood and blood products used by the NHS in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Penrose inquiry, which was set up by the Scottish government and spent six years investigating the events, prompted angry